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Angus goes back into his room and grabs his shirt. He puts it on as he looks around for anything that would serve as a weapon, but there is nothing. He wasn't given any guns when he was coming, this is already frustrating him. He is done with his shirt, now he goes back to the balcony. Each room has cubic balconies, which means that Diane's is right next to his. Angus steps on the railings, keeps his feet steady, and leaps to the other side. He lands with his knees bent but on his feet. He is in a hurry, the men are surely in the building already. Diane's slide door is shut, he sighs as he takes out a pin from his watch and starts to manipulate the lock. It clicks open on the first try, he immediately walks into the room. He enters the room and when he looks at the bed, she is not on it. Fuck, he hopes that she is not out of her room because it's going to be terrible timing for her. “Diane!” He says without moving around. She slowly steps out of the bathroom, with a gun in
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Angus lowers the gun and puts his hand against his bleeding side. Ashley is so surprised by his presence, that she can't even move or say a word. He winces and that's when her senses kick in. She rushes over to him and looks down at his wound. “Oh my God, Angus, what have you done?” She asks with fear in her eyes. “I need your help, okay?” Angus says to her. Yes, Ashley ruined his life when he was married to her, and she treated him like shit, but she will definitely not sell them out to whoever wants to kill them. After he has informed her quickly of the situation, she goes to the front door and unlocks it. Diane is waiting patiently, her hands folded across her chest. Diane and Ashley hold eye contact for a while, but Ashley then widens the door and allows Diane to enter. “Angus, who is she?” Ashley asks. “A friend.” Angus sinks himself into her seat. Diane looks around the house, it's a big house. “She lives alone?” Diane asks. “Cos, I will kill her myself if any of tho
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Joanna has returned to the state of Avalon, after being with Angus in Wintown for months now. Her flight was private, she was one in the plane, and they did not reach their destination till midnight. She gets out of the plane with her small luggage, holding her phone and wondering who she will call that won't be too bothered to come and pick her up. She looks ahead and sees Lorenzo leaning against a black Ferrari. It has just finished raining like twenty minutes back so the ground is wet and the place is kind of chilly. He tosses the extra cardigan in his hand to her and unlocks the door of the passenger seat. “Welcome home. Get in.” “Did you seriously come to the airport to pick me up in the middle of the night without any security?” She huffs. “Are you kidding me, Lorenzo? Have you forgotten what happened to Owens?” “You aren't even here for five minutes and you are already driving me nuts.” He complains. “Get into the damn car.” He takes her luggage and puts it in the bac
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Angus is filled with so much rage that he doesn't even put a single drop of food in his mouth. Incredibly, he was able to hold his emotions until the plane touched down. He quickly makes arrangements for him to fly out of the state the same day, after he concludes his business with Diane Salvador. He doesn't change his clothes, he doesn't even drink water, he makes his way straight to the military headquarters. He needs answers and he wants to hear it straight from the mouths of the horses. How is it that El Salvador, the baddest Mafia leader has found its way into the good books of the country?! Why is he being given appointments with the government when every one of them knows that he is what they are fighting against? They almost brought him down, but Angus was the one who asked them to hold on because he was trying to get more evidence against him, and also get his revenge. With raging wrath, Angus walks into the military base. He is well known by even the youngest recruits
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Even though Jeremy tries to stop them, it doesn't work. Against all odds, Diane and Matilda choose to still have the lunch, there is nothing that he can do. The women walk into a five-star restaurant and both of them are talking, laughing at their jokes. “I'm sure that Angus is so lucky to have you.” Diane smiles. “You are very beautiful, funny and you are even planning to open her own company.” “Well, I guess I am the lucky one.” Matilda gives a short laugh. “he loved me when no one really did.” A waiter comes to the table and drops an expensive bottle of wine in front of them, to the surprise of both women. “We didn't order this, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?” Diane asks with a cold face. “It's not a mistake, ma'am, the manager recognizes you as the daughter of Mister Salvador and he wants to give you a good welcome to our restaurant with that bottle of wine.” The waiter explains. “Oh, in that case, I guess it's ours.” Diane briefly reads the label before the boy
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Her elbow is against his throat, any slight movement and she adds more pressure. “Worked for Lorenzo Rodriguez, huh?” She nods. “The same man who replaced the man my father killed? The man who works for my father's worst enemies?!” Angus sighs, somewhat relieved that this has to do with Lorenzo and not his identity. She mistakes his sight for something else and she pushes her elbow into his throat until he winces. “Forgive me, I didn't know I was supposed to give you a detailed list of every fucking person I've worked for on this planet.” He hiss. “Well, if the person works for the one family my father hates the most, then you surely do.” She says. “I'm going to ask you only once, who is the Anonymous heir?” “You will have to kill me because I don't know.” He answers. “I worked for Lorenzo Rodriguez and not some rich man that is too scared to step into the light.” She is not fazed by what he has said, she doesn't believe a single word that has come out of his mouth. “Don't lie
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Angus knows that Diane almost finding out is just a sign, very soon everything is going to be out in the light. He has to work fast if he still wants this revenge. He wants it for his family, for Owens, and for every Innocent person that El Salvador has wronged. Angus keeps this at the back of his mind as he goes back to work for El Salvador. He lies to the man, being as loyal as he can be, but he is busy gathering his plans together. Angus personally delivers sensitive parcels to El Salvador's associates, sometimes Mister Moore too. Angus is going to take them down too when this happens, he is not going to leave any one of them to escape. He is on one of those kinds of trips– he has delivered and is now heading back – when his phone rings. It's an unsaved number. He picks and places it against his ear. “Angus?” “That's me.” “It's Julius. Come back to the mansion right now.” Call ends. There is no explanation whatsoever, Angus has never been called my Julius, this is out of
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The ride to wherever it is they are heading to is silent. She keeps to herself while he drives the car. But he decides to break the silence. “I'm surprised that you didn't tell your father about my former employer.” He says. “Why? You have a death wish?” She snorts. “You are supposed to thank me, I'm the only reason you are alive.” “I guess it's mutual because I saved your ass back at that hotel.” He smiles. “So, you're welcome, I guess.” She smiles too. She is even more beautiful when she smiles. “Where are we heading to?” He asks, seeing that the tension between them has lessened. “A business exchange.” She answers. “Something I'm trying to do without my father knowing, you are the only one I'm sure is going to keep this a secret.” Does Diane Salvador trust him? That's totally new. She is going to have the shock of her life when she finds out that he has been putting on a fake facade this whole time. “I see…” He keeps driving, the steering wheel is very smooth in his hands
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Angus and Lorenzo walk into their car with looks of satisfaction on their faces. They finally did it, they got El Salvador's location. “I always thought that Manny was a stupid kid. Who would have known he was such a genius?” Lorenzo thinks aloud. “Remember when I told you not to kill him?” Angus looks at him. “The little man has come in handy.” They start to journey back home, but they are not as gloomy as they came…****Matilda is leaning against the wall, as she stares at Angus. They are in their baby's nursery. The place is colored with a soft blue, it's decorated warmly, and it's the coziest room in the house. Angus has the baby in his arms as he gently moves from side to side, cooing her to sleep. Matilda's serious face breaks into a smile. Angus is timid about holding his daughter, but he is learning pretty fast. Their daughter's cry has been reduced to a silent whimper, and she has started going to sleep. “Matilda, you haven't said anything.” He glances at her. “You
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Joanna has been waiting for this day for a long time. It was unfortunate that she didn't get her when the raid happened at her house and she fled with her father, but she is ready to shoot her down now. They all walk into the office and shut the door, but Joanna doesn't let her guard down, she is still holding the gun, pointing it at Diane. Diane laughs and throws her hands in the air, in mockery. “Still have an attitude, I see.” “Joanna, drop the gun,” Angus says to her. “This is not the time and place, you know it.” “After what she did to me, everywhere is the place and whenever is the time.” Diane smiles as she leans against the table, she is totally not moved by the gun in her face. Lorenzo has a face as stiff as Joanna's. He wants to kill Diane as much as Joanna wants to, but he knows that Diane is Angus' sister and he respects him too much to do that. “You think you can mess with just anyone you want, huh?” Joanna draws closer.“Angus, okay, I think you need to put this b
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She is not supposed to have gone into labor, she still has a few more days, and that's why Angus is taken by surprise. This is not a joke, she is squeezing her face in pain. “Argh! Jesus Christ!” She whimpers as she grabs the base of her belly. Angus rushes over to her, more confused than he has ever been in his life. She is suffering so much from the pain, that he has to sit down on the ground with her. She grabs his arm, squeezing the hell out of it as she bites down on her one hand. “Angus, it hurts!” Angus is so lost, that his brain has been wiped out. Everything has been arranged with the doctors and all, but he didn't expect her to go into labor so early. To be honest, he hasn't given himself a lecture on what to do when labor comes. He is like an unprepared student now! “Hey, baby, you are doing great.” He encourages her, even though he is nervous. “Then why does it feel like I'm fucking dying?!” She bares her teeth. “It's okay, just break okay?” Angus soothes her.
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Matilda is the last person that Angus is expecting to see standing in his house. Her belly has grown since the last time he saw her, she has gotten even bigger. She has a scarf around her neck, luggage at her feet, and a bag in her hand. Angus can't move his tongue, he can't just believe the fact that Matilda is at his doorstep. After he begged and begged for her to come back with him. She sighs and looks down, like she is ashamed of being here. “Are you even going to act like you are happy to see me?” “Oh, Matilda, hi, come in.” He pulls her bag into the house, she walks in like a good guest. The head of his security comes at him, with a confused look on his face. “I'm sorry sir, we were going to turn her back, but she was angry.” The man apologizes. “Timothy said that she's your wife…” “Timothy is right, that's my wife.” Fear covers the face of the man, he can't believe that he almost turned away the wife of his boss. He would have lost his job. “I'm sorry, sir…” “You don
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Angus has given this a good thought. He was going to leave her alone, but he decided against it. If there is one thing about Matilda that hasn't changed throughout the years, she can be as stubborn as a mule. If he lets her be, she is going to keep refusing to speak to him, even if it's going to break her down completely. She scoffs at his audacity to come up to her after she threatened to call the police. “Are you kidding me, Angus?” She frowns. “I am going to call the cops!”“Okay, Matilda, you can do that.” He shrugs. “Even if they arrest me, I'm going to just keep coming back, and guess who is going to get tired first?” She glares at him, squeezing her lips together. “You think you can bully me into forgiving you?” She puffs. “You think I'm going to fall for that?” Angus sighs, it seems that her stubbornness has increased over the months. “Look, Matilda, I've been getting your hospital reports.” He says. “Your doctor has advised that you are to be monitored as your date ge
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If she knows everything, if she has her full memory back, that means that there is nothing that Angus can do or say that is going to change her mind now. He has a long face, she is staring at him with her lower lip between her teeth. “Yeah, I know it all.” She lets out a painful chuckle. “I know that you worked for me, I know that I had a crazy fiance and I know that you killed him!” “Matilda….” “Oh, I sure as hell know that you are not seriously trying to speak now!” She silences him. “After all you have done?! Are you even serious?!” Angus looks down, running his hand through his face. Everything has crumbled to the ground, he knows that she is not going to forgive him. Can he even ask for her forgiveness? She walks around, looking at him with so much raging hate that she wants to punch his face. “You abandoned me when Greg fucking shot me!” She screams. “What kind of psycho are you?!” “Matilda, you don't understand!” He tells her. “Did you realize that everyone around me w
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The meeting has commenced, and the chapel is so filled up that some people have to be outside. They are singing hymns and the words are so emotional that Jade finds herself crying even when she says that she doesn't want to. Bryon hugs her close to himself and wipes her tears. Matilda is sitting right behind them, she puts her hand on Jade's shoulder so that she will know that she is not alone. After singing about two hymns, everyone sits back down. The Chaplin goes on to say a few words to everyone. He thanks Jade for choosing to honor her father in their small town and he says some words of encouragement to everyone. He reads out of the Bible and after twenty minutes, he leaves the stage as the organist plays on. Jade takes out a paper that she put in her pocket, she has written down everything that she wants to speak on. She walks to the stage with Byron. He stands by her side, offering her support as she looks up at the hall. It's filled up with staring people. She places
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Owens Daniels’ death anniversary is holding this weekend, Jade insisted that it's going to hold even though she hasn't still really gotten over her father's death. She has taken over his companies, and she has hired some people to run the companies for her, but she has gone back to school to get her law degree. Her father tried to get her to be serious with school when he was alive, but she wasn't just cut out for it – so she thought– but now she has gone back to honor her father. She is going to take over his firm and businesses once she is done with school. They are going to be holding a candle session in honor of him, and also a short service in the town’s chapel. It's supposed to be a small event, but almost fifty dignitaries have flown in for the service. Her shoulders droop as she hangs up the phone after another call. She looks happy, but her eyes are sad. It's a bittersweet experience for her. “They are all here for my dad.” She smiles at Byron, her husband. “They are
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Angus just gets out of the car around midnight. It's another exhausting day for him, but that's what it takes to be the world's only trillionaire. Lorenzo is at the door with him, the rest of the guards are going to take turns outside. Angus is undoing his tie as they walk into the house. It's a mansion situated away from any neighbors that will cost him his peace. The house was bought from one of the rich men in the country, he could not turn Angus around when Angus approached him. The interior of the house is speaking of so much wealth, Angus has gotten his eye for art from his grandfather, he made sure the house showed that. There is a chef in the kitchen, the place is full of different aromas of expensive food. She bows to Angus as soon as she sees him. “Good day, sir.” Angus looks at the dining table, it's filled with so much food that there is not one space left. “What's for dinner?” Angus asks as he takes off his jacket. “Pastamore with some creamy tomato sauce. Th